April 16, 2022

 Saturday - Cloudy but sunny and warmish

I woke up around 10 this morning and got up. I got dressed right away. A little while F came back from his doctor’s office and asked me to phone his phone. Yes, he misplaced his phone again. No answer. He decided he must have left it at his doctor’s office. I suggested searching the car before he went over there. He went over to the doctor’s office, and asked if anyone had found it. They hadn’t. He checked the car. It was in the car. He phoned me and told me and of course, I did say, “I told you so!”

When F came back to the house I made sure he was feeling up to going out and suggested that we go out for lunch. I didn’t have any ideas today, so F had the idea to go to a restaurant in ex-Fujishima. He even called and made a reservation. Woot! We drove out there. Sadly for F, the closer parking lot didn’t have any space left, but we drove to the nearby annex restaurant and F parked there. We walked back to the restaurant and went in. 

We had a lovely meal there. F had the pork saute and I had the roast beef donburi. Both meals were good and we enjoyed our lunch there. Over lunch, F asked me if I’d like to go to the cafe near Mount Chokai. We haven’t tried to go there this year I think, but last year, both times we attempted going there the place was closed. I said it was fine if he called to make sure that it was open.

When we got back to the car, he called and they said they were open. Woot. We drove out to Yuza and went to the cafe, stopping for a pit stop along the way. 

On the way to the cafe today, we saw a lot of herons in the fields. The fields haven’t been planted yet and the birds were everywhere. It was lovely to see them. 

From the parking lot of the cafe, we could see about 5 herons! That was cool. We went in and both had coffee and castella. The view was amazing. We could see the fields and the mountain and it was beautiful. We took a few photos inside the cafe and when we were leaving the cafe owner offered to take our photos. He took a couple inside and then a few outside. That was really nice!

We're looking out at Mt. Chokai.

We drove back to Tsuruoka but made a stop at Don Qihote for a few things. We each got a new lightning cord, we got some snacks and I picked up some pasta sauce as well. We paid and then headed on to Tsuruoka. F decided that he’d like to get us all fish donburi for dinner, so we went to the place he likes and ordered. We came back to the house and got K out of bed. It wasn’t even 6 pm yet, not sure why she was in bed! 

We had a nice dinner and then I got to wash the dishes and the bento boxes. Yay me. I didn’t dry the dishes tonight thought. Oh, and news update…the cans were out of the sink again. They were back in the garbage but not much cleaner than they were before. I don’t care. If she wonders why the kitchen smells before the bag gets collected, she’ll maybe know why?!

After dinner, F and I headed out to …karaoke. Woot! We’ve both been boosted recently and I’ve been desperate to go to karaoke for a while. We got a package for 3 hours and had a good time. We also got drink bar with that, which included soft ice cream, so it was a good time. We ordered a bit of food along the way and just enjoyed ourselves. 

We had a pretty good time at the karaoke box and it wasn’t that expensive. We came back to the house then.  I watched FBI and then Free Guy again. I enjoyed myself. F stayed up for quite a while but finally went to sleep a little while ago. 

So that’s it. That was my day. It was surprisingly great, considering we had no plans before the day. Tomorrow I have to finish getting ready for my trip. I need my husband to order my taxi for me for Monday and I need to get a bit of food to either eat before my trip or while I’m on the bus. Probably before I’m on the bus is better and safer. 

Come back later if you like and hear all about my day. Until tomorrow….probably! If I can’t update tomorrow I’ll catch you later in the week, around Friday or Saturday.